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johnson lube brar rewill post it at 9:00 a.m. 1934 on their first date lyndon johnson proposed. they spent the next two months getting to know each other through nearly 90 love letters and got married at the end of all of that. >> following his saturdtate of union address the president is on the road pushing his economic plans. he is facing harsh opposition. >> a stop near atlanta today. he will keep having to come back to the economy. the president toured a factory in north carolina touting what he says is a manufacturing come back for the u.s. economy and pushing the idea that he outlined his state of the union address. more money for preschool education. >> i talked about making sure kids get early high school education. make sure our high schools are preparing children for high-tech economy. >> with high sky the national debt growing larger and larger additional spending will be difficult to get through congress. the white house may be making a strategic decision that there is no political benefit from focusing on debt and deficits. republicans say the plan to raise the fede
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. >> woodruff: and we close on this valentine's day with love letters from president lyndon johnson to bride to be-- lady bird. >reading them tught, ese are beautiful, these are wonderful. that's exactly sort of thing that we all would like to receive. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: two major airlines announced a marriage of sorts, on this valentine's day. their combination means the field of major u.s. carriers will shrink by one. these jetliners-- sporting shiny new paint jobs-- are among the roughly 900 planes in the american airlines fleet a
. >> woodruff: and we close on this valentine's day with love letters from president lyndon johnson to bride to be-- lady bird. >reading them tught, ese are beautiful, these are wonderful. that's exactly sort of thing that we all would like to receive. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred...
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is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win the war or end it? what is it about john mccain that seems to excite those who know nothing about vietnam. well tonight we dig into the deep well of resentment burning in john mccain's patriotic heart. a resentment not against the north vietnamese who imprisoned and tortured him, not against george w. bush and his political henchmen who tried to stain mccain's reputation. but just like he did, in the same army of america's long nightmare in vietnam. i'm joined by david corn with "mother jones" and joy reed with the grio. i have to tell you i'm convinced we're watching a flashback. watch this, here's senator john mccain, he did a long, angry wind-up before he launched into his first so-called question. it was really an indictment for former senate colleague and former friend and fellow vietnam veteran, chuck hagel. it included put-downs, as well as reference does vietnam. let's listen. >> in january of 2007, in a rather bizarre exchange with secretary rice in the foreign relations committee after some no
is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win the war or end it? what is it about john mccain that seems to excite those who know nothing about vietnam. well tonight we dig into the deep well of resentment burning in john mccain's patriotic heart. a resentment not against the north vietnamese who imprisoned and tortured him, not against george w. bush and his political henchmen who tried to stain mccain's reputation. but just like he did, in the same army of america's long nightmare in vietnam....
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and it's the masterpiece of press manipulation by lyndon johnson. so, no, it's not new. obama is using the latest technology. he can call him for the fact that the president does not like to go before the press in unstructured situation where is he might be asked uncomfortable questions. that's true. and we can blame him for it. and we can criticize him for it. but i think at least the point i was trying make in huffington post. it's our obligation as reporters and news organizations not to whine about that but to dig, instead of whine. you know, ask the questions repeatedly, if they don't answer, highlight the fact they're not answering the questions. do the digging that makes for pointed questions that it's difficult to ignore. as opposed to merely wanting access so you can stand around and watch the president play golf. >> you know, howard, i've got to give john cook credit for this. the story society that sparked the whole conversation was in politico. politico talking about how obama is trying to avoid tough situations. and john cook pointed out that politico did ac
and it's the masterpiece of press manipulation by lyndon johnson. so, no, it's not new. obama is using the latest technology. he can call him for the fact that the president does not like to go before the press in unstructured situation where is he might be asked uncomfortable questions. that's true. and we can blame him for it. and we can criticize him for it. but i think at least the point i was trying make in huffington post. it's our obligation as reporters and news organizations not to...
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is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win that war or end it? what is it that burns so deeply in john mccain today? for some reason he wants to play it again and again in iraq and afterno afghanistan and again in iran. we look at the resentment burning in john mccain's heart. it's not against george w. bush and his political henchmen who tried to stay mccain's reputation in 2000 but a guy who fear and rallied against wounds just like he did. chuck hagel, a nightmare, by the way, whose flashbacks must haunt still the heart still of john sydney mccain. both are msnbc analysts. both of you, sir, and lady, are younger than me, but i must tell you i'm absolutely convinced we're watching a flashback. watch this. he did a long angry windup before he launched into his first so-called question which was really an indictment. it included putdowns as well as references to vietnam. let's listen. >> in january of 2007 in a rather bizarre exchange with secretary rice in the foreign relations committee after some nonsense about syria and crossing the border in
is it about lyndon johnson's inability to win that war or end it? what is it that burns so deeply in john mccain today? for some reason he wants to play it again and again in iraq and afterno afghanistan and again in iran. we look at the resentment burning in john mccain's heart. it's not against george w. bush and his political henchmen who tried to stay mccain's reputation in 2000 but a guy who fear and rallied against wounds just like he did. chuck hagel, a nightmare, by the way, whose...
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. >> woodruff: finally tonight, a 70-year-old love story told in letters from president lyndon johnson to the woman he wanted to marry. released today by the l.b.j. presidential library in austin, texas, the more than 90 letters showed the impatience of a man so taken by claudia alta "lady bird" taylor that he proposed the day after they met in september 1934. and just weeks later, he wrote: to which she replied: in audio recorded in 1978, lady bird johnson described her dilemma at the time. >> i was almost perfect willing to say let's be sure we get married in a year, but he would say that no, if you wait that long, if you don't love me enough to marry me now., you won't a year from now, it will be enough to keep me in a turmoil and make life unbearable for a long time and then well slip away some how. >> woodruff: johnson's persistence paid off, after a two-and-a-half month courtship, the couple wed in november 1934 and remained married for 39 years, until his death in 1973. for more on these letters as intimate portraits of a president and first lady, we turn to lyndon and lady bird
. >> woodruff: finally tonight, a 70-year-old love story told in letters from president lyndon johnson to the woman he wanted to marry. released today by the l.b.j. presidential library in austin, texas, the more than 90 letters showed the impatience of a man so taken by claudia alta "lady bird" taylor that he proposed the day after they met in september 1934. and just weeks later, he wrote: to which she replied: in audio recorded in 1978, lady bird johnson described her dilemma...
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lyndon johnson signed the law in 1965 to prevent racial discrimination, to stop the taxes, literacy taxes and violence rampant across jim crowe south. nine states are required, mostly in the south, to get federal permission before changing their voting procedures. this provision stopped unfair voting changes like districts redrawn to minimize the vote of african-americans. recently, it's been used to block photo id laws in south carolina and texas. and cutbacks in early voting in florida. yet, in 2009, chief justice roberts wrote quote, things have changed in the south. yes, things have changed. clearly not enough. just this past fall we saw new voter id laws and voting lines that were far too long. the voting rights act works and it's been renewed by congress again and again by overwhelming margins. put a surprise winning supreme court reporter linda greenhouse writes, if the court strikes down this part of the voting rights act, it would be, quote, a truly radical move, a march off a cliff of the court's own making. something that is unprecedented. racial entitlement? that's offensive j
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johnson was in cambodia or not. he continued to oppose the surgeon said that it would fail. think we're all responsible for our record. i will be glad and have quite often pointed out or have wrong. for him to fail to agree that what was clearly and obviously a success to me indicates that he really did not want to be forthcoming to this committee, and i don't think he complied with the requirements of answering the questions members of this committee had. i am aware this something that it became rather tense. we're talking about thousands of young americans who had their lives on the line in iraq, including some people that -- well -- and the senators judgment was wrong, continues to be wrong, and he refuses to submit that he was right on this issue and many other issues. and his gratuitous attacks, for example, saying that president bush is the worst president since herbert hoover, of course, just gratuitous attacks on the presidents of the united states. you can only judge somebody by their past performance. his
johnson was in cambodia or not. he continued to oppose the surgeon said that it would fail. think we're all responsible for our record. i will be glad and have quite often pointed out or have wrong. for him to fail to agree that what was clearly and obviously a success to me indicates that he really did not want to be forthcoming to this committee, and i don't think he complied with the requirements of answering the questions members of this committee had. i am aware this something that it...
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kennedy was assassinated, the new president, lyndon johnson prepared an unconditional war on poverty in america. in 1941, as world war ii raged overseas, but for us pearl harbor was still months away, franklin roosevelt proclaimed in the state of the union that year the four essential human freedoms -- freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. in 1996, after his party's shellacking in the midterm elections, but before his landslide reelection victory, bill clinton proclaimed in the state of the union that the era of big government was over. we're too close in time now to know if any of the state-of-the-union addresses by our current presidents will be remembered as highlights in the history of that presidential obligation. but if we were to pick from all the modern state-of-the-union addresses, only one president, and only one speech, and only one line, if we were to pick the most important, the most remembered line in any modern state of the union, history has already spoken as to what the most single important line is, we just hit that importa
kennedy was assassinated, the new president, lyndon johnson prepared an unconditional war on poverty in america. in 1941, as world war ii raged overseas, but for us pearl harbor was still months away, franklin roosevelt proclaimed in the state of the union that year the four essential human freedoms -- freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. in 1996, after his party's shellacking in the midterm elections, but before his landslide reelection victory, bill...
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adios until tomorrow, lyndon." >> our thanks to lyndon nugent and katherine robb, grandchildren of president and mrs. johnson, married for 39 years. >>> that's it for us. we will be back on the air for the state of the union at 9/6 pacific tonight. for now from washington, i'm brian williams. good night. >>> from nbc news, the state of the union address, live from washington. here's brian williams. >> well, good evening. and behind us here tonight, the entire government will be gathered in one building for the president's state of the union address, and in many ways, tonight the real work of the second term of the obama presidency begins. at least the part the president would like to accomplish and where he sees the nation headed. he faces, of course, a sharply divided congress, sometimes violently so, and a divided viewing audience. here tonight, a nation starting to see some daylight after years of recession, and it's the long, suffering middle class that will be the target of much of his message tonight. we should tell you at the same time, we are following a very tense news event, across
adios until tomorrow, lyndon." >> our thanks to lyndon nugent and katherine robb, grandchildren of president and mrs. johnson, married for 39 years. >>> that's it for us. we will be back on the air for the state of the union at 9/6 pacific tonight. for now from washington, i'm brian williams. good night. >>> from nbc news, the state of the union address, live from washington. here's brian williams. >> well, good evening. and behind us here tonight, the entire...
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since lyndon johnson did get involved. since then presidents typically have not gotten into the targeting loop that is choosing specific targets. >> that is a departure from past practice, and i think the idea of looking at a court or some other thing inserted into the decision process has some merit. >> and what about john brennan's defense of enhanced interrogations? you were familiar with that era as well at the agency. he said he spoke out against it, but only to colleagues. not to superiors apparently. senator chambliss said, you know, there's no record of anyone satisfying you objected to what was later deemed by the attorney general to be torture. >> well, you know, listening to john brennan's answers on those questions, i don't think he is trying in any sense to present himself as a crusader against the program that existed at that time. i think he is saying that he spoke off line quietly to some colleagues about reservations he had on some aspects of the program. i don't doubt he did that. i know john to be an hon
since lyndon johnson did get involved. since then presidents typically have not gotten into the targeting loop that is choosing specific targets. >> that is a departure from past practice, and i think the idea of looking at a court or some other thing inserted into the decision process has some merit. >> and what about john brennan's defense of enhanced interrogations? you were familiar with that era as well at the agency. he said he spoke out against it, but only to colleagues. not...
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we did that specifically when lyndon johnson won re-election over goldwater in '64 and we were saying it was the demise of the rural voter. this country was -- the rural vote was sort of disappearing. this urbanization was going to make this inevitable, democratic majority. what ended up happening was suburbanites turned on the democrats and we got richard nixon. we can prematurely declare these things sometimes. a cautionary note. >> goldie, the piece says today's gop is taking its cues from john calhoun and his belief in nullification. the idea that states can ignore federal law. he writes it's not a coincidence that the resurgence of nullification is happening while our first african-american president is in office. how du the gop reach out to a broader demographic when we see how it's treated this nation's first black president? >> that is the grand irony but the truth of the matter is they're not only hearkening back to calhoun, but they're playing the script of kevin phillips who was the chief architect of the southern strategy. this was the chaining together of those southern c
we did that specifically when lyndon johnson won re-election over goldwater in '64 and we were saying it was the demise of the rural voter. this country was -- the rural vote was sort of disappearing. this urbanization was going to make this inevitable, democratic majority. what ended up happening was suburbanites turned on the democrats and we got richard nixon. we can prematurely declare these things sometimes. a cautionary note. >> goldie, the piece says today's gop is taking its cues...
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lyndon johnson for vietnam and dick cheney for iraq. here is congressman jones. >> congress will not hold anyone to blame. lyndon johnson's probably rotting in hell right now because of the vietnam war. he probably needs to be for dick cheney. >> he probably should move over for dick cheney. dick cheney. going straight to hell. >> that's not the only reason he is going straight to hell. he will talk sequester. jim wallace head of sojourners. in the morality or immorality of each and we will be talking with emily's list about why they think chris christie even though he cozzied up to president obama, they think they have a better candidate in new jersey. barbara. no. first. >>. >> known for several championship wins under his belt is engaging in a new. diplomacy, in north korea. espn reporting he is with the globetrotters and may meet dickator kim jong un a chicago bulls fan. they are with a film crew. >> a bulls fan? >> bill: he doesn't know what the bulls are? >> he does. he is a long-time bulls fan: it will air here. >> i have to tell
lyndon johnson for vietnam and dick cheney for iraq. here is congressman jones. >> congress will not hold anyone to blame. lyndon johnson's probably rotting in hell right now because of the vietnam war. he probably needs to be for dick cheney. >> he probably should move over for dick cheney. dick cheney. going straight to hell. >> that's not the only reason he is going straight to hell. he will talk sequester. jim wallace head of sojourners. in the morality or immorality of...
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adios until tomorrow, lyndon. >> our thanks to lyndon nugent and katherine robb, grandchildren of president and mrs. johnson, married for 39 years. >>> that's it for us. we will be back on the air for the state of
adios until tomorrow, lyndon. >> our thanks to lyndon nugent and katherine robb, grandchildren of president and mrs. johnson, married for 39 years. >>> that's it for us. we will be back on the air for the state of
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>> lyndon b. johnson used to say -- you can find anything you want. you can find anything you want in anybody's background if you dig hard enough. there will be something that will come up. but at the end of the day, the president won. you've already taken out susan rice. you've had a victory, john mccain. let the person get his person in so we can move the country forward. >> that's where you are, nba all-star game. i was thinking, where is he? thank you for telling us that. >> you thought i was in paris again. >> yeah, i confused that basketball with the eiffel tower. right. patricia, let's turn to our next topic. $9 an hour with the president calling for the minimum wage to be increased. what are the chances of this actually happening? >> the chances of it happening by itself are zero. this is a republican house. republicans have come out almost uniformly and said they're against this. they usually are against it. they say it's just another burden for businesses to have to deal with, particularly in a recession. but i think that if deal with, parti
>> lyndon b. johnson used to say -- you can find anything you want. you can find anything you want in anybody's background if you dig hard enough. there will be something that will come up. but at the end of the day, the president won. you've already taken out susan rice. you've had a victory, john mccain. let the person get his person in so we can move the country forward. >> that's where you are, nba all-star game. i was thinking, where is he? thank you for telling us that....
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lyndon johnson was the democratic leader in the senate. did they approach the presidency different having served in a leadership position in congress? guest: johnson certainly did. a lot of people described him when he became president as being recently taken his role as leader of senate to the presidency. he became very active in whipping votes and working with the individual members, very active in determining an agenda, much more than almost any other president. ford was in a very different situation. he was minority leader. when he became president, congress was democratic. he did not have the leverage johnson did. host: ben is joining us from albany, new york. caller: of want to say to the professor of appreciate your discussion in the partisan environment. what really has to happen now to begin to unlock gridlock we see in congress and potentially between the senate and congress that gets meaningful legislation moving? guest: congress has succeeded more than people think in the last 15 or 20 years at passing major legislation. they h
lyndon johnson was the democratic leader in the senate. did they approach the presidency different having served in a leadership position in congress? guest: johnson certainly did. a lot of people described him when he became president as being recently taken his role as leader of senate to the presidency. he became very active in whipping votes and working with the individual members, very active in determining an agenda, much more than almost any other president. ford was in a very different...
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here are katherine robb and lyndon nugent. >> september 23, 1934. "i could read and reread a letter from you which contained just one central idea. i want to hear you say over and over again that i love you." if all you know of lbj is what you see on the history channel or read in books, it would not occur to you that he was really a very loving, sensitive person who had fallen in love and was wooing the woman he wanted to marry. "for a long time, i've played with fire and haven't even been scorched, but every man sooner or later meets his waterloo." >> i have to say, when i was reading through them, i just found myself smiling a lot. and i was laughing a few times, because, again, it was just sort of the -- you know, they were very heartfelt emotions. october 6, 1934. "i wish you were here this minute because i feel silly and gay and i want to ruffle up your hair and kiss you and say silly things." and that's one that makes me smile. >> it's kind of tough to remember that they weren't always the people that the country came to know them as being. t
here are katherine robb and lyndon nugent. >> september 23, 1934. "i could read and reread a letter from you which contained just one central idea. i want to hear you say over and over again that i love you." if all you know of lbj is what you see on the history channel or read in books, it would not occur to you that he was really a very loving, sensitive person who had fallen in love and was wooing the woman he wanted to marry. "for a long time, i've played with fire and...
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lyndon johnson brought the address to primetime. >> we're in the midst of the greatest upward surge of economic well-being in the history of the nation. >> only 16 presidents delivered a second term sta"state of the union" address and tonight, president barack obama will face a difficult political landscape. some historians call it the second term curse and like boston's curse of the bambino, it has dogged leaders for the past century. richard nixon called for working together in his 1974 address, one year after his landslide re-election. >> i want you to know that i have no intention whatever of ever walking away from the job that the people elected me to do for the people of the united states. >> instead, two months later, nixon owned up to his role in watergate and eventually resigned. ronald reagan was swept into a second term with an historic 49 state landslide. >> there are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect. >> but many of his second term domestic plans fell to the wayside as his adminis
lyndon johnson brought the address to primetime. >> we're in the midst of the greatest upward surge of economic well-being in the history of the nation. >> only 16 presidents delivered a second term sta"state of the union" address and tonight, president barack obama will face a difficult political landscape. some historians call it the second term curse and like boston's curse of the bambino, it has dogged leaders for the past century. richard nixon called for working...
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>> we do not want to have the equivalent, lyndon johnson got criticized for p 0 oring over the bombing targets. presidents have distanced themselves from that sort of ta tactical participation. i'm not sure it's a good use of their time. i'm not sure we want too much the president go one-on-one with terrorists. >> it does make them accountable. >> and this president seems to be so above it all and sort of keeps kind of a space between himself and a lot of decisions especially in the beginning of his first term with health care and everything else, and yet he is so close to this one. i think it's fascinating. i'm not sure i agree with you. >> and that's the point. >> you say every president is accountable, there's a difference between accountability and direct participation. we set up, delegate a process you have confidence in. that's what the white house needs to do. >>> increasing evidence money can can buy happiness. that donny sure must be happy. but what about in america? we'lbring in adam davidson to explain why along with "fortune" magazine's leigh gallagher. later, into the wild
>> we do not want to have the equivalent, lyndon johnson got criticized for p 0 oring over the bombing targets. presidents have distanced themselves from that sort of ta tactical participation. i'm not sure it's a good use of their time. i'm not sure we want too much the president go one-on-one with terrorists. >> it does make them accountable. >> and this president seems to be so above it all and sort of keeps kind of a space between himself and a lot of decisions especially...
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lyndon johnson is probably rotting in hell. he probably needs to move over for dick cheney. >> stephanie: that's freedom fries. >> i want to send that guy some french fries. where can we send them from? with a copy of an -- a biography of thomas jefferson about the time he spent in france reading the koran. >> stephanie: tony in florida you're on with hal. hi tony. >> caller: how are you? >> stephanie: good. >> caller: good, can you hear me all right? >> stephanie: yep. go ahead. >> caller: i didn't know if you had seen anything yet but collier county, florida which is down south florida naples area -- >> hal: uh-huh yep. where ray finkel is from. >> caller: yesterday they passed that they will enforce the second amendment and should any federal laws come down to change it, they're not going to abide. >> stephanie: ay. >> caller: i didn't know if anybody had heard about it yet. >> hal: there's a couple of municipalities around the country who think that they can supersede the constitution or the regulation of any element to the
lyndon johnson is probably rotting in hell. he probably needs to move over for dick cheney. >> stephanie: that's freedom fries. >> i want to send that guy some french fries. where can we send them from? with a copy of an -- a biography of thomas jefferson about the time he spent in france reading the koran. >> stephanie: tony in florida you're on with hal. hi tony. >> caller: how are you? >> stephanie: good. >> caller: good, can you hear me all right?...
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still be going on. >> lyndon johnson was a great example of how the presidency wrecks so many powerful forceful men who spend their entire life trying to get there and a lot of times they're just destroyed by the end result, win or lose. >> it's true, and this is one of the things we find binds them all together. they all limp out of that office, that even the successful ones, much less the ones thrown out prematurely. >> what a difference when they walk in and are arrogant and think they don't need to talk to anybody, but what your book shows masterfully, and what president obama did was turn the page and say wait, i may not be the only smart guy in the world, and they pick up the phone, whether it's jfk and the cuban missile crisis. >> last week, the nixon library released some documents trying to explain the relationship with clinton. >> clinton said it was like a father to him, like he lost a father. >> yeah, still wishes he could pick up the phone and call him many times. the thing about the presidency is it's on-the-job training. it's the one thing you think doesn't have to have
still be going on. >> lyndon johnson was a great example of how the presidency wrecks so many powerful forceful men who spend their entire life trying to get there and a lot of times they're just destroyed by the end result, win or lose. >> it's true, and this is one of the things we find binds them all together. they all limp out of that office, that even the successful ones, much less the ones thrown out prematurely. >> what a difference when they walk in and are arrogant...
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johnson in 1965. >> to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice. >> reporter: at the heart of the act is what's known as section five, which allows the justice department or a court to shut down discriminatory changes to voting laws, mostly in southern states, before they go into effect. president bush in congress saw need to renew the law as recently as 2006. but now, shelby county, alabama, where calera is located, is challenging section five as a violation of state's rights. the symbols and historic landmarks of the old south are all around shelby county, alabama. just one county to the north at this church in birmingham, four little black girls were killed in a bombing in 1963. and now the supreme court is being asked to accept the argument that the south has changed enough to overturn what some say is the heart of the voting rights act. frank ellis is the shelby county attorney. >> the south is not the same south it was in 1964. the whole country has changed. we're a dynamic society. >> reporter: how much things have changed is disputed. whites we spoke with this in local diner s
johnson in 1965. >> to eliminate the last vestiges of injustice. >> reporter: at the heart of the act is what's known as section five, which allows the justice department or a court to shut down discriminatory changes to voting laws, mostly in southern states, before they go into effect. president bush in congress saw need to renew the law as recently as 2006. but now, shelby county, alabama, where calera is located, is challenging section five as a violation of state's rights. the...
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baines johnson, who joined the young, brilliant man who ultimately sacrificed his life, dr. martin luther king, to engage in debates and discussion that resulted in the 1964 civil rights act and the 1965 voting rights act. and here we are today with the opportunity for people from all walks of life and all communities to be able to show and to have as of september 28, 2011, the upholding of the preclearance provision, a very special provision of the voting rights act, by a district court, federal court, in the district of columbia. shelby vs. the united states now is before the supreme court. in my argument, mr. speaker, this is no time to eliminate preclearance. i'm reminded of a letter i wrote to the u.s. attorney's office, attorney general eric holder, to just in my city alone, the city of houston, to report 15 voter abuse cases. without the preclearance where would we be? or the proposal to eliminate the independent school district board of trustees, over a school district that has worked hard to survive, will be subjected to the preclearance to determine whether not onl
baines johnson, who joined the young, brilliant man who ultimately sacrificed his life, dr. martin luther king, to engage in debates and discussion that resulted in the 1964 civil rights act and the 1965 voting rights act. and here we are today with the opportunity for people from all walks of life and all communities to be able to show and to have as of september 28, 2011, the upholding of the preclearance provision, a very special provision of the voting rights act, by a district court,...